runs with 26 RBI. Her batting average was remarkable, considering that it was a season dominated by strong pitching. At this point, Alice Haylett led the league with a 25–5 record and a 0.77 earned run average, while Joanne Winter finished 25–12 with a league-lead 248 strikeouts. Audrey Wagner, who won the batting title with a .312 average, became the only girl to hit over .300, ending 23 points ahead of runner-up Connie Wisniewski. Meanwhile, the Blue Sox ended 57–69 and made the playoff but again were defeated by the Chicks in the first round. Wirth matched her own record of 113 games in 1949, ending with a .229 average, 89 hits, 62 runs and 40 RBI. That year the Blue Sox were swept in the final series by the Rockford Peaches, 4 to 0, after getting a first-round bye (75-36, along with the Peaches). In 1950, she appeared in 105 games and bolstered her average to .268, including 61 runs, 49 RBI, and a career-high 103 hits. With Dave Bancroft at the helm, South Bend earned a fifth place with a 55–55 mark. In 1951 Wirth enjoyed her most productive year in her final season of play, when she posted career-numbers with a .274 average and 77 runs scored in 105 games while driving in 54 runs. Her teammate Jean Faut was 15–7 with a 1.33 ERA and led the league with 135 strikeouts. On July 21 she hurled a perfect game against Rockford, and was named Player of the Year at the end of the season. New manager Karl Winsch guided South Bend to the playoffs with a combined record of 76–36. Finally, Wirth was on a club that advanced to the final series. In round one Faut won two 2–1 decisions against the Fort Wayne Daisies. She later defeated twice the Chicks in the best-of-five series, as South Bend claimed the Championship Title. In a seven-season career with South Bend, Wirth posted a .248 average with a .345 on-base percentage in 616 games appearances. She is also part of the AAGPBL permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, opened in , which is dedicated to the entire league rather than any individual player. Statistics Batting Fielding Sources All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players Baseball players from Tampa, Florida Place of death missing 1926 births 1967 deaths 20th-century American women